Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-05
LOCAL OPTION.
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LioIsIAruRE.
Lottery Advertisements = Various Bills
Passed University frusiees-Ihe
Agricultural cOliegs-Reve-
nue. MATTERS.
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once in every two years, instead OF
yearly. II provides that the act shall
go into effect July list next, which Will
he after the juno elections have all
been held. Liauor-dealers holding un-
expired licenses are given six months
after July LIST to wind up their business.
The hill TO prohibit lottery advertise
ments by newspapers or individuals was
taken M. IL is bill which passed the
House. The Senate passed 1t and de-
feated all attempts at reconsideration,
20 the bill is now law.
A great fiQh, WAS made on Senator
hdamss bill TO compel the directors of
the penitentiary TO hire out the con-
yicts in such numbers as TO make the
ponitentiary as nearly self-supporting
"a possible. This bill was construed to
be an attack both upon the peniten-
tiary and the railways which have
obtained free grants OF convlcts.
IL notably affected the Cape-Fear
and Yadkin- Valley railway. MIR.
Adams introduced this bill to-day and
desired TO push il right through. A
desperate fight was made, and finaAy 1t
was referred by vote OF 20 to IL tothe
Committee on Propositions and Griev-
ances. In less than half an hour that
committee made an unfayorable report
ON the bill The Senate then refused
10 suspend the rules and put it upon its
passage.
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE.
The Senate passed the House bill to
re0rganize the Department OF Agricul-
ture.
The House to-day passed on their
third reading a great number of bills,
among which the following were i'm
portant To allow the lease OF railway
rails: to incorporate the Chowan and
Southern Railway Company to amend
the charters of the Wilmington, Ons-
low and East Carolina, and Whining
ton. Chadbourn and Conwayboro' rail
vays to provide for the publication by
the trustees of the library of John A.
Sloans history Of North Carolina
troops in the late war to incorporate
the liedmont Bank.
REVENUE.
The House refused to concur in the
Senate amendments to the revenue bill,
and q committee OF conference was ap-
pointed
The Senate bill TO submit TO the peo-
pie at the next election the question Of
increasing the Supreme Court to five
members was passed on the third read
ing by q vote of 60 to %.
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES.
The House and Senate chose the fol-
lowing as trustees of the University !:
$. NJ. Finger, 10y virtue of his Office as
Superintendent of Public instruction !;
Rev. A. ID. Belts, Il. II. Bridgers,
Charles A. Cook, George Davis, w.
r. FaIcloth, Francis d. Winston, John
A. Gilmer, John w. Graham, II. A.
Gudger, A. Leaser, Sol. G. We'll, John
Manning, Hamilton Mcmillan, Il. b.
PEBBLES, James l.. Robinson, w. j.
Yates, w. II. S. Burgwyn, Thomas NJ.
Holt, Rev. W. s. Long, G. b. Aycock,
John W. Fries. in place of Rev. G. H.
Wiley; A. G. Avery, in place of James
NJ. Mullen II. ID. Williamson, in place
of II. b. Short.
Governor Scales to-day nominated
the following to be trustees of the State
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts w. S. Primrose, Raleigh ; Henry
+. Fries, Salem Rufus Barnnger,
Charlotte George. French, Whining
ton Elias Carr, Edgecombe county.
The ~ nominations will be acted on by
the Senate tomorrow morning.
The Senate this afternoon refused to
recede from its amendment to the reve-
nue. act, which stops the rebate on the
drummers' license-tsx and puts mer-
chants in this State on an equal footing
with those of other States.
In the House this evening Mr.. Oak
ley introduced a resolution disap-
proving of the nomination of Wesley
y. Jones to be chief of the new Bureau
Of Labor Statistics. He endeavored to
put the resolution upon its passage.
Mr. Overman said that the matter
was one with which the House had
nothing whatever to do. 1t was en-
tircly in the province of the Senate.
Tie House refused to suspend the
rules to allow consideration of the resO-
luton.
Last night and to-day there has been
erut deal of talk about this nomina-
ton The Knights of Labor are an
tagonizing it.
Tie House and Senate conference
committees on the Insane-Asylum bill
had two conferences to-day. The
House has adopted an amendment to
that bin cutting down the appropria-
ton for the asylum at Morganton. The
House tonight receded from its amend
ment so far as that asylum is concern
elf and the amount of the appropria-
ton for the next fiscal year is fixed at
$4,000, and $50, 600 for the following
year.
THE AGRICULTURAL AND Mocha NIcAL
COLLEGE.
Some days ago the House, after long
and hard fight, passed the bill TO estab-
lish this college. There were fears on
the part of many persons that it would
not pass the Senate. in the latter body
II was taken up as special order last
night at 9 O'Clock. 1t was not until
ll:3O that the matter was settled. The
bill Was fought strongly and very
large number of amendments were of
fered on both the second and third
readings. Every amendment was voted
down, including one to submit the mat
ter to the vote of the people, and another
10 admit to the college such paying pu-
pills as might be received without detri-
ment TO the interests of the college
The friends of the measure voted the
latter down because they feared that
the House might not concur (the time
being so short and that the bill would
fail The bill passed its second reading
30 10 il, and its third reading 20 to IL.
Your correspondent has never seen
such crowds in the galleries and lobbies
Of the Senate, and the applause given
speakers in favor of the bill, as well as
at the announcement of the votes, was
something quite remarkable.
THE ELECTION OF MAGISTRATES.
The Joint Committee on Magistrates
completed its work yesterday. Your
correspondent is clerk 10 this commit
tee The duties Of the position are
onerous and fatiguing TO the last de-
gree. The lists of nominations for
magistrates are in quadruphcate, each